First, there was a Festivus pole.
Then on Monday the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Atheists, Humanists and Agnostics group placed a "Flying Spaghetti Monster" among the holiday displays inside Wisconsin's Capitol.
Any group that submits an application to Capitol police can erect a display in accordance with the First Amendment ban on state establishment of religion, according to the Associated Press.
The student group's "pastafarian" deity was represented in the rotunda by a poster that proclaims the monster "boiled for your sins!"
"This is the problem of allowing religious symbols to be displayed in government buildings," the student group wrote on its website. "When the State decided to turn the Capitol into an open forum, they opened the floodgates which the Flying Spaghetti Monster just sailed through. We would much prefer to keep government buildings free from all religious (and irreligious) messages, but if it must be "anything goes," we hope everyone takes advantage of this opportunity to advertise their own viewpoints - no matter how silly."
I ma beginning to think that the Wisconsin State Capital is the place to go this holiday season.
I mean after all where else can you get a taste for the depth of the religious diversity present in these United States?
Well besides Oklahoma that is.
Pastafarian *giggle*.
ReplyDeleteBoiled for our sins?
ReplyDeleteThat's seriously mocking a white man who was a verifiable fact. And is the rison for the sison also too there, right Lou Sarah?
At least the flying spaghetti monster is verifiably white.
DeleteUnless you're using whole wheat pasta, of course.
Wisconsin, you opened the door for this. Glad it's smiting you, you assclowns. Oklahoma, you are next.
ReplyDeleteWell I, for one, am Incredibly offended!
DeleteShouldn't this be made all of CHEESE??
Offensive and ignorant!
And Florida also, too.
ReplyDeleteI've been President of the Loch Ness Monster Fan Club since1973. I'm planning my statue of Nessie as we speak.
ReplyDeleteheh now, not all of us 'sconny folks are nuts.......I might have to make a run to Mad City to view the capital
ReplyDeleteand oh yeah, scotty walker's book sales are even worse than sarah's . DISMAL
There's a book out with his name on it?
DeleteWho wrote it for him?
Holy Marinara!
ReplyDeleteThis is such fun. Hmnmm, is it legal to have this much fun skewering the Kool-Aid-swilling sheeple?
These Pastafarians piss me off with their ridiculous beliefs. They claim that the Spaghetti monster is so powerful that he can create a strainer to hold anything when it's obvious the Spaghetti monster is too powerful to be held by any strainer. Assholes. It's time reformation... Pastarian 2.0.
ReplyDeleteI have nothing witty to add. I'm too busy laughing. Good job, everyone.
ReplyDeleteMake mine "Al Dente" and I'm a happy camper.
ReplyDeleteThis may sound silly, but I honestly wouldn't mind something like this happening in every state in the union. It's educational, inclusional, teaches acceptance and is humorous, but most of all, it's a thorn in the side of all the folks who feel they own the rights to the holidays.